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Posted: 1/6/2010 4:22:09 PM EDT
| What do you all think of the 9mm AR variants produced by spikes? Any issues I should consider before purchasing one? |
| I have a 9mm pistol I built with their parts, and several .223 receivers. All top knotch parts and decent cust. service. Check out the 9mm billet upper. I used it for that pistol build and it runs nice. All 9mm stuff matches Colt pattern. I'd post a pick but I'm away from the safe. |
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I got my 9mm SBR barrel from them. Great service, great price and a great product.
They seem to be going all out to make excellent products; their magazine block is based on an industry standard unit, then "improved" for better functioning. My next mag block WILL be from Spikes. |
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I got my 9mm SBR barrel from them. Great service, great price and a great product. They seem to be going all out to make excellent products; their magazine block is based on an industry standard unit, then "improved" for better functioning. My next mag block WILL be from Spikes. Which 9mm barrel did you buy? Did you get the Lothar Walther by chance? |
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I got my 9mm SBR barrel from them. Great service, great price and a great product. They seem to be going all out to make excellent products; their magazine block is based on an industry standard unit, then "improved" for better functioning. My next mag block WILL be from Spikes. Which 9mm barrel did you buy? Did you get the Lothar Walther by chance? My barrel is by Spikes; I don't know who manufactured the blank for them. See this page for where I ordered it from. Actually I called to order it, but this was my source for asking for what I wanted. |
This is my Spikes 9mm upper, YHM Spector, Spikes VFG, Feo-Tech, MBUS, LMT Back ups on a CMMG Lower. I took this photo last month. I currently have the Upper sitting on a ST-15 color fill lower now. I have a T-2 buffer and Enhanced Mag Block as well. In all, a very nice package, I've only put about 120 rds through it but so far its been really good.
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Mine works well. I had to play with the position of the mag block a bit but other than that it runs fine with Spike's mags. C-products mags fall out of the mag block which I believe is a RRA. It feeds hollow point well which my other 9mm AR does not. Magazines should not just fall out, and magazine retention has little to nothing to do with the block-you can adjust the mag catch to be a little tighter and that should cure the issue. |
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Mine works well. I had to play with the position of the mag block a bit but other than that it runs fine with Spike's mags. C-products mags fall out of the mag block which I believe is a RRA. It feeds hollow point well which my other 9mm AR does not. Magazines should not just fall out, and magazine retention has little to nothing to do with the block-you can adjust the mag catch to be a little tighter and that should cure the issue. Some batches of the CP mags were/are on the smaller side of external dimensions and could fall out on their own or easily be pulled out whereas the Metalforms wouldn't. I had some of the early batch and some later batches that did just that. To resolve the issue, you can try changing to a DPMS mag catch, try the new 9mm specific RRA mag catch, or try to exchange your CP mags if they are an older batch (the latest CP mags have Metalform like stamping marks just under the feedlips on each side of the mag). |
| I think the first step should always be seeing if what you have is just misadjusted, but I had forgotten just how mixed even recently purchased CProducts magazines can get. Unless the vendor is seriously up front with the buyer, a new purchase could be a magazine that was made two years ago, before several manufacturing changes were made at CPro... 44mag.com is specifically advertising the latest CProducts mags, pointing out that they have the latest version with the Metalform/Uzi-style grooves below the feedlips, though their picture doesn't show the grooves. Even CProducts' own site doesn't mention the grooves. Unless one has this sort of specific assurance from the vendor that the mags are the very latest version, I would not buy CProducts mags from that vendor (and I'd call CProducts to order and ask if what you'd have shipped were the ones with the new grooves). |
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